Mother of man accused of killing grandparents talks of her son

SEATTLE — The mother of 26-year-old Michael “Chadd” Boysen, suspected of killing his grandparents sometime late Friday or early Saturday in the Fairwood Neighborhood of Renton, spoke publicly Thursday about her son.

Sheriff John Urquhart said the six-time convicted felon was released from prison Friday morning and picked up by his grandparents. The couple, who had been married for almost 60 years, held a welcome-home party for their grandson.

Investigators believe that shortly after the last guest went home, Boysen killed Norma and Robert Taylor and took off in their red 2001 Chrysler 300.

“This is an exceedingly heinous crime any way you look at it, and I think the risk that’s out there is extreme right now,” Urquhart said.

Police in Lincoln City, Ore., arrested Boysen on Tuesday following a day-long standoff.

Officers took Boysen, 26, into custody around 7 p.m. at the Westshore Oceanfront Motel. Police surrounded Boysen Tuesday night, and he was found in a motel room suffering from self-inflicted stab wounds. He was taken away from the motel in an ambulance and later flown to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland.

He is in critical condition.

A clerk at the motel alerted police to Boysen’s presence Tuesday morning after he checked into Monday night — he used his real name and driver’s license when checking in.

linda

Marty

Your kidding, right? STATE inmate released from STATE prison where he was for violating STATE law and the FEDERAL sequester caused this? If ignorance is bliss you must be the happiest person on the planet. Our Republic is in seriouss jeopardy.

Donald

Ernie

If they hang murderers instead of endless appeals and prison, the legal profession loses money. Wouldn't need as many cops and judges as well. The politicians are just taking care of their own. It's -our- fault they're able to. I find the comment by Seattle's finest about no-ID gun shows interesting–I seem to recall every time I've ever bought a gun they've required a bunch of paper work establishing who I am. If I sell it to somebody and they commit a crime with it, I can be held liable for it. Been that way a long time. I can't recall -any- gun show and only one personal sell where picture ID wasn't required and it was because the participants knew each other well. Sounds like some reporter or a liberal cop trying to push gun control again.

Marty

“The other possibility as we all know is that he could buy a weapon from Craigslist.”
Did I miss the change in Craigslist's policy that has been in effect since Craigslist began that prevents gun sales on their websites? Ever tried to place a firearms ad on Craigslist? Come on Sheriff Urguhart try to sound smarter than the crimminal.

triceinwashoe

Jesus

I'm certainly not a proponent of complete legalization of hard drugs like heroin, cocaine, meth, etc, however, if they were decriminalized, would there be all of these oxycontin addicts robbing and killing pharmacists, and other criminal elements of murder, stabbings, robberies, etc that result in so many random crimes to support the illegal habits? If heroin was not against the law and it cost $5, it would be unlikely that people would be selling their prescription drugs for $50 each or smoking their pills or robbing pharmacies. If meth was $5, people wouldn't be blowing up their house with their babies in the bedroom inhaling the fumes and killing them even if the house doesn't explode. The war on drugs has become a war on humanity!

ilovetrash

absolutely.

i'm just gonna throw out two things:
1/ the decriminalization process needs to include ways for people to get the stuff–whatever it is–prescribed to them. it needs to be clean, it needs to be standardized, it needs to work properly. & the people who receive whichever drug they get need to come in regularly to be reassessed. that way, if something goes wrong it can be stopped immediately. as per: if people are still out there dealing, then those dealers can be given longer & more appropriate sentences. take the money we use foolishly now–for putting a rondelay of addicts & low-end dealers into prison over & over & over & over &, instead, apply it in this manner &, so help me, the country might finally heal.

the lack of compassion in this country over the last three decades, say, always astounds me. was the fallout from the civil rights movement[s] so terrible that we had to become vicious senseless people for ages afterward?

2/ very minor: it's hard to believe all this guy is, is an oxy addict. he shouldnt be shooting people who care about him over opiates. he should be passed out. theres more to this story than meets the everlovin eye. as ever.
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the war on drugs makes victims of us all. i'm as concerned about the families of addicts–people who get victimized repeatedly & heartwrenchingly–as i am about the addicts themselves. [see, obviously, the abovenoted story.] & i havent even begun to consider crimes of opportunity done to strangers in the service of stealing objects to trade for dope. or the occasional casualties, by which i mean deaths, that occur when the unknowing somehow find their way in the paths of the desperate. how can we possibly consider what we are doing is correct when all of these things still happen?

Sherrie

So sorry for the entire family, including Chadd, who will "pay" heavily for his actions i n this life and the next. We know a daughter, Chadd's aunt and her family, here in Utah. They are good, kind people. My heart goes out to all of the family. This obviously isn't the first time this family has had pain caused by this grandson. His parents must have gone through many nights, crying, worrying, praying and wanting to do something to help their son. And now they are mourning the lose of their parents. So, so sad.

PRO

The solution to the problem of these types of people is to have the mother tested when she becomes pregnant. Abort if you find out you are going to conceive a lunatic! Would you not like to know if your child was going to have these types of behaviors? Use DNA to test. It can be done. How many do we want running around? How much money do we want to spend? How many times do we want to see this on the news? Sorry people, but, I bet you don't want that many lunies out there.